jimbo jones Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 The table... Would be nice to be in the promotion battle, which could be some battle Notts, Worcestershire and Middlesex all look decent team's. Durham haven't had the best start but I still think they won't be far away either. Not sure what to make of Glamorgan, beat Notts then get absolutely hammered by Middlesex. Ramrob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramrob Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Great result and decent start to the season. Masood looking quite a signing. Eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Ramrob said: Great result and decent start to the season. Masood looking quite a signing. With Derbyshire having only batted once in each of the last two matches, Shan Masood has the opportunity next week to become the first person in the history of cricket to score three successive double centuries. I can dream... Edited April 24, 2022 by Eddie Ramrob, Zag zig, Grumpy Git and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) First time Derbyshire have won a game by an innings since 2011, ............................... also v Leicester. ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61208562 Edited April 24, 2022 by Grumpy Git RadioactiveWaste, jimbo jones and Ramrob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, Eddie said: With Derbyshire having only batted once in each of the last two matches, Shan Masood has the opportunity next week to become the first person in the history of cricket to score three successive double centuries. I can dream... Would be incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Would be incredible ECB currently looking if he has any tenuous links to the British Raj. ? Mickey Arthur very happy and rightly so: https://youtu.be/oa_bpVL0Fyk Edited April 24, 2022 by Grumpy Git jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipley Ram Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 A promotion battle would be a great change from the football. Some Leicestershire fan suggested our nickname should be the "woodenspooners" in the chat but another replied "no they have changed", hopefully we have. jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Early days, but I am reminded, by Masood's exploits, of the time when Martin Guptill was here. We got consistent good starts, quick between the wickets, and could chase targets. It was noticable how our form fell away when MG failed (rarely), or was absent or injured. That was the year we won promotion. jimbo jones and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Love my cricket but not an avid watcher of the county game. Did watch some of the last day though and I thought Lakmal (?) looked a decent recruit. Will try to catch Masood next time. Know nothing about him at all, but his figures thus far are astounding. Even more so given how swiftly he accumulates runs. Pleased for you Derbyshire stalwarts given the tribulations endured in recent seasons when the team, bar one or two, seems to have been pretty awful. Really like Mickey Arthur too. Immensely positive kinda guy and proven too. Not sure how he ended up at Derbyshire, but certainly not knocking it. jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Phoenix said: Early days, but I am reminded, by Masood's exploits, of the time when Martin Guptill was here. We got consistent good starts, quick between the wickets, and could chase targets. It was noticable how our form fell away when MG failed (rarely), or was absent or injured. That was the year we won promotion. Was the season I really started avidly following the club. If memory serves me correct we won 4 or 5 games to start the season, then for the second half of the season Guptil was called up by New Zealand and we couldn’t win another game, but drew enough to stay top. Then won the last game of the season at home in front of the Sky cameras to beat Yorkshire to the title on games won after we finished on the same points. A glorious day, and what a false dawn for my time following Derbyshire ? What happens when Masood finally does fail will be interesting. There’s plenty of good batsmen in the team, who will need to step up. Confidence should be high with everyone but Godleman and Guest scoring decent runs already - which will help. Edited April 25, 2022 by jimbo jones Grumpy Git and Phoenix 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 It's just really good to have such an encouraging start to the season. Happy days, enjoy it (I'm too far away to go to the Racecourse unfortunately, maybe if they play Lancs sometime)? jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 11 hours ago, Grumpy Git said: It's just really good to have such an encouraging start to the season. Happy days, enjoy it (I'm too far away to go to the Racecourse unfortunately, maybe if they play Lancs sometime)? Think we play at Old Trafford in the one day cup. Grumpy Git 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Squad for tomorrow. Amazingly Ryan Sidebottom is back involved. Surely to risky to play him this soon? Last thing we need is him breaking down after 7 balls again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 18 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Squad for tomorrow. Amazingly Ryan Sidebottom is back involved. Surely to risky to play him this soon? Last thing we need is him breaking down after 7 balls again. it's going to be an interesting team selection. For once we have more than 11 who deserve to be in the team. I'm really hoping Reece bats at 3 n this match. Not sure it suits Guest. jimbo jones and Eddie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 2 hours ago, sage said: it's going to be an interesting team selection. For once we have more than 11 who deserve to be in the team. I'm really hoping Reece bats at 3 n this match. Not sure it suits Guest. Yeah, he doesn't look as comfortable there as he does batting down the order. I guess the issue is who bats at 6 and who misses out, though Guest will probably stay at 3 anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Yeah, he doesn't look as comfortable there as he does batting down the order. I guess the issue is who bats at 6 and who misses out, though Guest will probably stay at 3 anyway... what team would you go with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 2 hours ago, sage said: what team would you go with? Godleman Masood Reece Madsen Du Plooy Mckiernan Dal Thomson Guest Conners Lakmal Would be better if Reece could bowl. Bit of a drop for Guest but I don’t want to move Dal & Thomson from where they’ve done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 41 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Godleman Masood Reece Madsen Du Plooy Mckiernan Dal Thomson Guest Conners Lakmal Would be better if Reece could bowl. Bit of a drop for Guest but I don’t want to move Dal & Thomson from where they’ve done well. I think you could only pick that side if Reece can bowl. If Reece isn't bowling one of him, Dal, Thomson or McKiernan can't play and Potts or Sidebottom will. Guest no lower than 7 in my book jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Sidebottom in for Potts. Derbyshire’s physio must be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipley Ram Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Masood struggling a bit today, not scoring much and playing and missing. Looks like a decent opening attack and overcast conditions, hopefully he can see them off and then get in the groove. jimbo jones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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